Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2015 China’s economic interests in Sierra Leone have risen by over 400% in the last five years, and this resurgence can be largely explained by its vast investment in the country’s mining sector. But China’s economic expedition in Sierra Leone has prompted several Sierra Leoneans [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 April 2015 There is a saying: “If you want to sleep with me, please be nice enough to romantically sedate me first.” It is not enough that our democracy has turned into ‘government of the one percent by the one percent and for [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 April 2015 Vice president Sam Sumana is awaiting the deliberations of Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court in two weeks, upon whose fiat, judgement as to whether president Koroma acted unlawfully or not rests. But in the meantime, he has opened up another battle-front with the ruling APC [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2015 Sierra Leoneans in the last two months have seriously been dis-empowered and impoverished, by those elected to serve as custodian and guarantor of the country’s constitution. They have been let down by the behaviour of bad politicians, who have no business in governance. But [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2015 It’s a new day, and it’s a new dawn for Nigeria’s liberal democracy, as the people of Africa’s most populous nation turn their backs on a sitting president and his ruling party that have ruled them since 1999. Today the majority of Nigerians say [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2015 Many concerned Sierra Leoneans on Sunday, 28th March, 2015, braved the weather in London to demonstrate against the unconstitutional actions of President Koroma, following the removal of Vice President Sam Sumana and the appointment of Ambassador Victor Foh as new “vice [Read More]
Alan Luke Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2015 This morning, concerned Sierra Leoneans in the UK, held a protest march outside Downing Street – official home of the British prime minister, in central London. I joined the protest because to my mind the removal of an elected Vice President from [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. once said that our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Now, one thing is clear – once again we have opened our Pandora box. It is going to be hard [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2015 It is Friday and Muslims across the country will this afternoon be going to mosques for their weekly Jumma prayer, but today is no ordinary Friday. Last Week, president Koroma announced another series of lockdown, starting today, 27th March and ending Sunday, 29th March, [Read More]
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